| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Tatqa'hicnin (root man)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | vegetation spirit. A vaguely defined being who is chthonic and lives under the ground, presumably controlling edible roots and their availability.... |
"Tawhaki" | Polynesia | A semi-supernatural being åśśociated with lightning and thunder. Polynesia |
| Goddess name "Tawhaki" | Polynesian / Maori | Heroic god. A descendant of the creator god Rehua and grandson of Whatitiri, the goddess of thunder, Tawhaki is the third child of Hema and Urutonga. He is the younger sibling of the goddess Pupu-mai-nono and the god Karihi. In some Polynesian traditions Tawhaki is thought of as a mortal ancestor whose consort was the goddess Tangotango on whom he fathered a daughter, Arahuta. Tawhaki's father was killed during tribal warfare with a mythical clan known as the Ponaturi and he himself was the subject of jealous rivalry concerning the goddess Hine-Piripiri. During this time attempts were made to kill him. He fathered children by Hine-Piripiri, including Wahieroa, who is generally perceived as being embodied in comets.... |
| Goddess name "Tefnut" | Egypt | Primordial goddess of moisture. According to the genealogy laid down by the priests of Heliopolis, Tefnut was created out of the breath or spit of the creator Sun god ATUM. She is the sister of SU, god of the air, and the mother of GEB and NUT. Her main cult sanctuary was at Heliopolis. Tefnut, like Su, can become one of several manifestations of the eye of RE in which case she appears as a lion, or in human form but with a leonine head. According to the Pyramid Texts, she creates pure water from her vag***. In a different context she takes the form of a snake encircling a scepter.... |
| God name "Tejosnina" | Buddhist | God Buddhist |
| Spirit name "Tenanto'mwan" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Creator spirit. Identified particularly with the reindeer-hunting Koryak on the Taigonos peninsula. An indefinite and remote character living somewhere in the zenith of the sky. He created the world which was then transformed into its present state by QUIKINNA'QU. Tenanto'mwan is the name always used when addressing the creator in incantations.See also YA'QHICNIN.... |
"Terpsachora" | Greek | One of the nine Muses, presided over choral song and dancing. Greek |
| God name "Teutates" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Local tribal deity. Known only from limited inscriptions. Teutates may be less the name of a deity than an epithet meaning great. According to the Roman writer Lucan, he is one of three Celtic gods encountered by Caesar's army in Gaul and the object of savage rites in which victims were drowned in sacrificial lakes. He may equate with a British god, Totatis. He becomes åśśimilated variously to Mercury or MARS. Also Teutatis.... |
"Thalia" | Greek | 1. One of the nine Muses, and, at least in later times, regarded as the Muse of Comedy. (Theogony of Hesiod 77) She became the mother of the Corybantes by Apollo. (Apollodorus i) |
| Deities name "The Ennead" | Egyptian | Consists of a grouping of nine deities, most often appearing in the context of Egyptian mythology. As a three of threes, the number nine became åśśociated with great carnal power, and ancient peoples considered groupings of nine Gods very important. |
| Spirit name "Thor" | Norse | The god of thunder, keeper of the hammer, the ever-fighting slayer of trolls and destroyer of evil spirits, the friend of mankind, the defender of the earth, the heavens and the gods; for without Thor and his hammer the earth would become the helpless prey of the giants. He was the consecrator, the hammer being the cross or holy sign of the ancient heathen. Thor was the son of Odin and Fjorgyn (mother earth); he was blunt, hot-tempered, without fraud or guile, of few words but of ready stroke - such was Thor, the favorite deity of our forefathers. The finest legends of the Younger Edda and the best lays of the Elder Edda refer to Thor. His hall is Bilskirner. He slays Thjåśśe, Thrym, Hrungner, and other giants. In Ragnarok he slays the Midgard-serpent, but falls after retreating nine paces, poisoned by the serpent's breath. Norse |
| God name "Thunor" | Germanic | God of fertility, lightning and thunder germanic |
| Goddess name "Tien Mu" | China | Goddess of lightning. China |
| Deities name "Tiksnosnisa (hot and sharp)" | Buddhist | God. Apparently connected with the guardian deities or dikpalas in the northwestern quarter. Color: sky green (possibly meaning overcast). Attributes: Book and sword.... |
| Goddess name "Tin" | Etruscan | sky god. His attribute is a bunch of lightning flashes and he may appear in åśśociation with THALNA, goddess of birth. In Roman culture he becomes syncretized with JUPITER.... |
| God name "Tinia" | Etruscan | The highest god of the skies, husband to Thalna or Uni who was part of the powerful triumvirate of gods, including Menrva and Uni and åśśociated with lightning, spears and scepters. Etruscan |
| God name "Tirawa" | Pawnee Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined figure who is present in the elements of wind and storm. lightning is the flashing of his eye. He provides the tribe with all their needs and is invoked by the Pawnee shamans.... |
"Tityus" | Greek | a son of Gaea, or of Zeus and Elara, the daughter of Orchomenus, was a giant in Euboea, and the father of Europa. (Apollodorus i. 4) Instigated by Hera, he made an åśśault upon Leto or Artemis, when she påśśed through Panopaeus to Pytho, but was killed by the arrows of Artemis or Apollo, or, according to others, Zeus killed him with a flash of lightning. |
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